Sidney Bracey

🎂 Data nașterii: 1877-12-17 (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)

Sidney Bracey (18 December 1877 – 5 August 1942) was an Australian-born American actor. After a stage career in Australia, on Broadway and in Britain, he appeared in 321 films between 1909 and 1942. Bracey was born in Melbourne, Victoria, with the name Sidney Bracy, later changing the spelling of his last name. He was the son of Welsh tenor Henry Bracy and English actress Clara T. Bracy. His aunt was actress and dancer Lydia Thompson. He began his stage career in Australia in the 1890s, with J. C. Williamson's comic opera companies. On Broadway, in 1900, he appeared as the tenor lead, Yussuf, in the first American production of The Rose of Persia at Daly's Theatre in New York. He then moved to England, appearing as Moreno in the Edwardian musical comedy hit The Toreador at the Gaiety Theatre, London in June 1901. He next joined the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company on tour in Britain, playing Terence O'Brian in The Emerald Isle from September 1901 to May 1902. He then left the D'Oyly Carte, continuing his stage career in Britain. He appeared in Amorelle at London's Comedy Theatre in 1904, The Winter's Tale in 1904–05, and A Persian Princess at Queen's Theatre in 1909. Back on Broadway, in 1912, he played as Sir Guy of Gisborne in a revival of Reginald de Koven's Robin Hood at the New Amsterdam Theatre, followed by Rob Roy at the Liberty Theatre in 1913. He then moved into film acting, making first silent films and then "talkies", until his death in 1942. Early in his film career, he wrote and directed a silent movie called Sid Nee's Finish, (Thanhouser Company (1914), in which he played the title character. In 1916, he changed the spelling of his last name to "Bracey". Silent film authority Diane MacIntyre gave this description of him: "Bracey, a stately looking character man, was in big demand for authority like roles; such as movie directors, bosses and, most of the time, the most respectable and poised butler in all of Hollywood. He was thin, dark haired and had an earnest, yet sober, face that could break into a look of wide-eyed exasperation." Bracy died in Hollywood, California on 5 August 1942, aged 64.

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Passion Fruit

The Cameraman

Easy Living

The Invisible Ray

Free Love

Morals

Charlie Chan at the Race Track

Subway Express

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse

The Greeks Had a Word for Them

Queen Kelly

Crazy to Marry

The House of Mirth

Parlor, Bedroom and Bath

Being Respectable

The Dawn Patrol

Sioux Blood

A Man Four-Square

Three Smart Boys

Broadway Bill

The Haunted House

Rendezvous

Inspiration

Manslaughter

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

Criminal Lawyer

The Firefly

The Emperor's Candlesticks

Ruggles of Red Gap

The Vanishing Shadow

Win That Girl

Fight for Your Lady

Rhythm in the Clouds

The Second Floor Mystery

One Rainy Afternoon

He Was Her Man

The Poor Rich

The Wedding March

The Girl Downstairs

The 9th Guest

Back Page

Tugboat Annie Sails Again

A Bankrupt Honeymoon

My Love Came Back

Broken Dreams

The Strategy of Ann

Oh Darling!

Merrily We Live

By Divine Right

Let 'em Have It

The Baroness and the Butler

Breakfast for Two

Reducing

The Ragged Princess

Magnificent Obsession

His Captive Woman

Midnight Madness

The Avenger

Follow Thru

The Bishop Murder Case

The Intruder

Leap Year

Wild Company

Sweepstakes Winner

Her Night of Romance

Isle of Fury

Love Is a Headache

The Flirting Widow

While the City Sleeps

A Very Honorable Guy

Sutter's Gold

My Bill

Naughty but Nice

Secret Service of the Air

What! No Beer?

Smashing the Money Ring

Sworn Enemy

The Airmail Mystery